Wheel torque distribution criteria for electric vehicles with torque-vectoring differentials

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1593-1602

  De Novellis, Leonardo ^a   Sorniotti, Aldo ^a   Gruber, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control allocation (CA); Fully electric vehicle; Optimization; Torque vectoring (TV) control

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; TORQUE; VEHICLE WHEELS;

CONTROL ALLOCATION; CONTROL PERFORMANCE; HIERARCHICAL APPROACH; LOW-LEVEL CONTROLLERS; OFF-LINE OPTIMIZATION; SUPERVISORY CONTROLLERS; TORQUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84903640027     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2013.2289371     Document Type: Article

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